International Union of Railways (mixed public and private membership): Climate-proofing future investments

The Internation Union of Railways (UIC) has undertaken an extensive feasibility study analyzing the impacts of climate change on rail transportation infrastructure and taking stock of ongoing and planned work on climate change adaptation in European, Canadian, Australian and Indian railway companies. This includes case studies of the UK West Coast and the German Rhine Valley. This led to the Adaptation of Railway Infrastructure to Climate Change (ARISCC) project proposal that will produce information on the costs of adaptation, risk assessments, potential damages, a toolbox for identifying vulnerable assets and locations for a given line, a good practices collection and options for adopting standards to climate-proof new and existing infrastructure to climate change impacts.